The Ruin of Us

Some people are meant to stay in your memories, not in your future.

Xevia never believed love was a distraction-until it almost cost her everything.

She met him during their freshmen year as accountancy students. Same batch. Same classrooms. Same endless nights balancing ledgers, surviving exams, and chasing the dream of becoming CPAs. Somewhere between coffee-stained notes and sleepless review sessions, friendship turned into something neither of them planned.

Then, just when graduation was finally within reach...

He changed.

No explanations. No closure. Just silence, distance, and a betrayal she never saw coming.

People always say, *"Lason ang pag-ibig sa babaeng may pangarap."* She hated that saying before. After him, she understood exactly what it meant.

So she chose herself.

She graduated, passed every challenge life threw at her, and accepted an accounting position in the UAE-leaving behind the city, the memories, and the only man she ever truly loved.

Years later, an alumni homecoming brought everyone back together.

One night.

One reunion.

One unfinished story.

He looked at her the way people look at things they've spent years wishing they hadn't lost.

She looked at him like he was nothing more than a chapter she'd already closed.

But some endings have a way of asking for another chance.

The only question is...

Can love rebuild what betrayal destroyed?

Or are some people destined to become **the ruin of us**?